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Analyzing Android Malware With Apktool by gabrielmoreira

Name: Analyzing Android Malware With Apktool
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: gabrielmoreira

Analyzing Android Malware With Apktool

Perform static analysis of Android APK malware using apktool for resource decompilation, jadx for Java source recovery, and androguard for manifest inspection, dangerous permission-combination detection, and identification of obfuscated code, dynamic code loading, and reflection-based API calls. Use to statically triage a suspicious APK without executing it or to build mobile malware detection rules.

gabrielmoreira Updated Sep 9, 2026 17 repo stars

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Analyzing Android Malware with Apktool

Overview

Android malware distributed as APK files can be statically analyzed to extract permissions, activities, services, broadcast receivers, and suspicious API calls without executing the sample. This skill uses androguard for programmatic APK analysis, identifying dangerous permission combinations, obfuscated code patterns, dynamic code loading, reflection-based API calls, and network communication indicators.

When to Use

When investigating security incidents that require analyzing android malware with apktool
When building detection rules or threat hunting queries for this domain
When SOC analysts need structured procedures for this analysis type
When validating security monitoring coverage for related attack techniques

Prerequisites

Python 3.9+ with androguard
apktool (for resource decompilation)
jadx (for Java source recovery, optional)
Isolated analysis environment (VM or sandbox)
Sample APK files for analysis

Steps

Parse APK with androguard to extract manifest metadata
Enumerate requested permissions and flag dangerous combinations
List activities, services, receivers, and providers from manifest
Scan for suspicious API calls (reflection, crypto, SMS, telephony)
Detect dynamic code loading patterns (DexClassLoader, Runtime.exec)
Extract hardcoded URLs, IPs, and C2 indicators from strings
Generate risk assessment report with MITRE ATT&CK mobile mappings

Expected Output

JSON report with permission analysis, component listing, suspicious API calls, network indicators, and risk score
Extracted strings and potential IOCs from the APK

---name: analyzing-android-malware-with-apktooldescription: Perform static analysis of Android APK malware using apktool for resource decompilation, jadx for Java source recovery, and androguard for manifest inspection, dangerous permission-combination detection, and identification of obfuscated code, dynamic code loading, and reflection-based API calls. Use to statically triage a suspicious APK without executing it or to build mobile malware detection rules.license: Apache-2.0--- # Analyzing Android Malware with Apktool ## Overview Android malware distributed as APK files can be statically analyzed to extract permissions, activities, services, broadcast receivers, and suspicious API calls without executing the sample. This skill uses androguard for programmatic APK analysis, identifying dangerous permission combinations, obfuscated code patterns, dynamic code loading, reflection-based API calls, and network communication indicators. ## When to Use - When investigating security incidents that require analyzing android malware with apktool - When building detection rules or threat hunting queries for this domain - When SOC analysts need structured procedures for this analysis type - When validating security monitoring coverage for related attack techniques ## Prerequisites - Python 3.9+ with `androguard` - apktool (for resource decompilation) - jadx (for Java source recovery, optional) - Isolated analysis environment (VM or sandbox) - Sample APK files for analysis ## Steps 1. Parse APK with androguard to extract manifest metadata 2. Enumerate requested permissions and flag dangerous combinations 3. List activities, services, receivers, and providers from manifest 4. Scan for suspicious API calls (reflection, crypto, SMS, telephony) 5. Detect dynamic code loading patterns (DexClassLoader, Runtime.exec) 6. Extract hardcoded URLs, IPs, and C2 indicators from strings 7. Generate risk assessment report with MITRE ATT&CK mobile mappings ## Expected Output - JSON report with permission analysis, component listing, suspicious API calls, network indicators, and risk score - Extracted strings and potential IOCs from the APK

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